Shipping Project Lead

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Description

Purpose of this Position：

Responsible for logistic management , ensure that firm should provide fast, accurate, and quality service, including value-added services. Ensure company’s duties and responsibilities within the area of import/export and mandating trade compliance.

Major Areas Of Responsibility

• Optimizes the logistics network to affect a controlled flow of goods in an efficient manner.
• Analysing and designing new distribution networks and optimising existing ones.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the factors and key influences affecting transportation sourcing activities at a high level of accomplishment.
• Analyzes the impact of security requirements and regulatory trade compliance on the movement of global goods and on business costs.
• Ascertains the correct application of duties and tariffs and country of origin.
• Monitors contract compliance of carriers and logistics service providers.
• Daily import/export operation.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in international logistics or equivalent work experience。
• Experience: 8+ years related experience & leading logistics/shipping Operations teams. preferably in Multinational company.
• Language:
• Fluent in English listening, speaking, reading and writing, with a second foreign language expertise (At lease TOEIC score of 730)
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2 or above
  

Required Competencies

• Experience with SAP/ERP/WMS tools. Familiar with import/export experience.
• ability to streamline the flow of goods and to select timely and cost-efficient modes of transportation for all incoming and outgoing shipments as well as storage of goods
• understanding of the duties and responsibilities within the area of import/export for an organization and the role of the government in mandating trade compliance
• Evaluates trade-offs between transportation costs, inventory costs, and service levels to design collaborative transportation solutions that are efficient and effective.
• Provides transportation-oriented analytical support for projects, new business opportunities and proposals.
• Contract Management: have knowledge of solid and consistent architecture of custoemer/forwarder/partner contracts and agreements including terms, timing, and language. It includes the ability to develop complex business arrangements and to manage major company purchasing contracts.
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and execute in a fact-paced environment with attention to detail
• Team player and effective communicator with all levels of order management and cross functional organizations
• Proven self-starter with demonstrated ability to take initiative
• Ability to hold oneself and others accountable and keep initiatives on track